British Comedy Guide

The Operation

Operation : Chris McGuire

Interior: An operating theatre. A patient lies on the table unconscious. He is surrounded by surgeons in surgical gowns busily working away.

Surgeon 1:
Scalpel.

Nurse:
Check.

Surgeon 1:
Can you pass it to me...?

Nurse:
Scalpel.

The Surgeon opens up the patient. And after a moment begins to root around inside the body cavity. He his arm descends right up to the shoulder. After a moment he pulls out an organ and removes it from the cavity splattering the others in blood. The other surgeons wipe their faces.

Surgeon 1:
Liver.

Surgeon 2 & 3:
Liver!

The Surgeon takes the Liver and places it into a big sack. He delves once more into the cavity and pulls out a pair of kidneys.

Surgeon 1:
Kidneys!

Once more the kidneys are thrown into the sack.
The patient spasms and flatlines.

Surgeon 1:
That's not good! Does anyone have one of those dum dum things?

Nurse:
Dum Dum things?

Surgeon 1:
Yeah you know, you go ‘Stand back!' and then get it and go Dum Dum!

Nurse:
A Defibrilator?

Surgeon 1:
That's it!

Surgeon 2:
It's in the bag.

Surgeon 1:
Brilliant! Let's rock and roll...

All the surgeons leave the theatre dragging the back behind them.
At this point the camera pans to a sign on the wall: ‘Warning Thieves Operate in this Area'. The flatlining continues.

I like that a lot. Tea leaf surgeons. It's inspired.

That is very good. Best one of yours so far Chris.

Thanks glad you liked it...

Quote: Chris McGuire @ October 28 2008, 6:33 PM BST

Surgeon 1:
That's not good! Does anyone have one of those dum dum things?

Nurse:
Dum Dum things?

Surgeon 1:
Yeah you know, you go ‘Stand back!' and then get it and go Dum Dum!

Nurse:
A Defibrilator?

Surgeon 1:
That's it!

Surgeon 2:
It's in the bag.

Surgeon 1:
Brilliant! Let's rock and roll...

I love this exchange. Whenever I see them on telly now I'll be thinking "Oh, he's going for the Dum Dum things". Good one.

Bo.

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